title: Self-report and caregiver-report of sleep and psychopathology in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder: A pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine relationships between psychological and sleep problems in children with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HFASD) and typically developing (TD) children using self-report and caregiver-report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventeen HFASD (M = 10.03 years, SD = 1.33) and 15 TD (M = 9.99 years, SD = 1.22) children and their caregivers responded about the child's sleep, anxiety, depression and ADHD.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children with HFASD had poorer sleep than TD children by self-report and caregiver-report; caregiver-reported psychopathology, and self-reported anxiety were also higher for HFASD children. Poor sleep was related to anxiety in both groups, particularly Somatic-panic for HFASD children. Caregiver-child agreement for sleep and anxiety was fair for HFASD children but slight for TD children.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patterns of sleep-psychopathology associations differed for HFASD and TD children and hyperarousal seemed important for poor sleep in HFASD but not TD children. Results suggested that children with HFASD were able to report on their difficulties.
authors.affiliation: Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre, La Trobe University , Australia and.
authors.forename: Amanda L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Richdale
authors.forename: Courtney L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Baglin
mesh_terms: D000067877:Autism Spectrum Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D017028:Caregivers; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D057566:Self Report; D012890:Sleep; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Autism spectrum disorder; caregiver-report; child; psychopathology; self-report; sleep